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Sir Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to raise taxes on shares and dividends if he wins the next election – in a raid on the middle classes.
The Labour leader said he wanted to increase taxes in a ‘fairer’ way than Boris Johnson, describing the Prime Minister’s national insurance hike as ‘the wrong tax at the wrong time’.
But asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether he would scrap the rise if he became Prime Minister, Sir Keir would not say if he would do so.
He merely pledged to bring in fairer increases such as targeting ‘stocks and shares and dividends’, although he said it was too early to bring forward details.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer vowed yesterday to raise taxes on shares and dividends if he wins the next election – in a raid on the middle classes, and instead increase taxes in a 'fairer' way
Last month, national insurance went up by 1.25
